[jinushaun]

Actually, if it wasn't for his rebuttal article, I would've had no idea that node could do any of that. As I've asserted many times before, nodejs.org tells me almost nothing about what node.js can do and the community does an equally poor job of educating total newbs about how to use node.js in the real world. 50 different websites all showcasing the same "hello world" tutorial is not education.

[tmpvar]

take a peek at http://howtonode.org/ - some stuff is out of date as node is a rapidly evolving platform, but most of it holds true.